TI enables IPTV on DOCSIS 3.0

Dan O'Shea — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:08:34 -0400

Will cable TV operators eventually offer IPTV or at least some sort of IP video applications? That possibility is looming large with the rise of DOCSIS 3.0 as the next step for cable broadband, a technology that many operators have committed to deploy. Now, Texas Instruments has announced a DOCSIS 3.0 chipset capable of supporting eight downstream channels and four upstream, and the vendor said the downstream capacity of 160 Mbps is enough for multi-channel IP video applications.

For more:
- read this report at Multichannel News

Ex-Bellhead Craddock to retire from Comcast

Dan O'Shea — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:24:08 -0400

Steve Craddock, senior vice president of new technology at cable TV giant Comcast, is set to retire on June 30. Confirmation of his retirement came during the industry's annual convention, The Cable Show, in New Orleans. Craddock was already a veteran Bell system technologist when he left Bell Atlantic (now known, multiple mergers later, as Verizon Communications) in 1994, just as the cable TV industry was beginning its broadband adventure and the traditional telco industry was experiencing its first delays in rolling out DSL. At Comcast, Craddock led the company's efforts in the cable modem business as Comcast and the cable TV industry jumped out to a huge lead in setting up customers with high-speed Internet connections. Back in the 1990s, it looked as if his departure from Bell Atlantic could be part of a trend of established telco technologists moving to cable. That trend may never have developed as fully as expected, but the cable modem express rolls on--Comcast now is preparing for the latest cable modem evolution with DOCSIS 3.0.

For more:
- read this report at Multichannel News

Related articles:
- Steve Craddock was talking about Comcast's eventual move to DOCSIS 3.0 this time last year. Steve Craddock report

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TI enables IPTV on DOCSIS 3.0

Ex-Bellhead Craddock to retire from Comcast